Locomotive ash-pan.



J. B. ENNIS & H. F. BALL. LOUOMOTIVE ASH PAN. APPLICATION FILED APRHI,1909. 954,274. Patented Apr.5, 1910.

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JOSEPH B. ENNIS, OI PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, AND HERMAN F. BALL, 0]? NEWYORK, N. Y.

LOCOMOTIVE ASH-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed April 1, 1909. Serial No. 487,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnri-r B. ENNIS, of Paterson, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, and HERMAN F. BALL, of the borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have jointly invented acertain new and useful lmprovement in Locomotive Ash-Pans, of whichimprovement the following is a specification.

Our invention, while more particularly designed for application inconnection with locomotive boilers having fireboxes of the narrow anddeep type, is also adaptable to those having wide fireboxes, and itsobject is to provide means whereby the contents of the ash pan may bereadily and completely discharged from time to time as desired, withoutnecessitating the operator going under the engine for the purpose, andthe discharge openings may be maintained tightly closed during theperiods between the discharge of ashes so as to securely retain all theashes in the ash pan during said periods.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view, in elevation, ofa locomotive ash pan embodying our invention; Fig. 2, a rear view, inelevation, showing the discharge doors closed, and; Fig. 3, a similarview showing the discharge doors open.

Our invention is herein illustrated as applied in connection with alocomotive firebox, 5, of the narrow and deep type, which is located,longitudinally, between two driving axles, l each carrymg a pair ofdriving wheels, 1, and, transversely between the side members of themain frame, 8, in which the driving axles are journaled. The body of theash pan, 23, which may be either of cast or wrought plate metal,consists of open topped hopper sections or casings, which are preferablyformed in pairs, the members of which are located on opposite sides ofthe longitudinal central plane of the firebox, and secured by bolts to arectangular frame, 23, which is, in turn, secured to the mud ring of thefirebox.

The bottoms of the hopper sections, which are entirely open, in eachpair of sections, and inclined outwardly and downwardly from thelongitudinal central plane of the firebox, are closed by tightly fittingdischarge doors, 25, which are pivoted longitudinally, above theirmiddle longitudinal planes, to the hopper sections, 23, by hangers orsuspension links, 26, the upper ends of which are coupled to pins, 26*,tixed in the ends of the hopper sections. The links are normallyoutwardly inclined as shown in Fig. 2. By so suspending the dischargedoors, they will be closed and maintained in contact with the bottoms ofthe hopper sections until released for opening by an operator, and keepthem closed regardless of the weight of the ashes resting on them or ofthe jarring of the locomotive. The relation of the discharge doors tothe hopper sections, when suspended as above, is such that in swingingclear of the latter they will be thrown toward the longitudinal centralplane of the firebox, thus requiring comparatively little space fortheir operation and fully exposing the openings in the bottoms of thehoppers for the discharge of ashes therefrom.

The discharge doors, 25, of the front and the rear pairs of hoppers areindependently opened and closed by operating shafts, .27, which extendlongitudinally along their outer sides and are journalcd in slots inbrackets, 27. secured to the frame, and brackets. 27 secured to theouter sides of the hopper sections. the shafts being rocked in theirbearings by hand levers, 28. fixed upon their rear ends. The slots inwhich the operating shafts are journaled, lie at right angles to thesides of the hopper sections, so as to admit of the seating of the doorswithout undue strains on the operating rigging. The shaft, 27, on oneside of the ash pan, in this case the left hand side,

extends to the front of the forward hopper section on that side, and theshaft, ET, on the opposite side, extends only to the front of the rearhopper section on that side. Arms, 29, fixed on the shafts, 27, arecoupled, by links, 30, to the adjacent discharge doors, 25, in line withthe pivots thereof, and arms, 29 on said shafts, are coupled by links,30*, to the opposite discharge doors. It will be understood that thearms and coupling links are located in such longitudinal relation to thedischarge doors that the doors of the rear pair of hopper sections areoperated by one of the shafts, 27, in this case the right hand shaft,and those of the for ward pair of hoppers are independently operated bythe other shaft, 27, in this case the left hand shaft.

The movement of either of the hand levcrs, outwardly exerts a force uponthe connected discharge doors, and the doors of each pair of hoppersections are thereby released and swung upwardly for discharge into thepositions shown in Fig. 3. Movement of the hand levers in the oppositedirection acts to restore the doors to their.

normally closed position, in which they remain, as before noted, withouttendency to accidental displacement.

e claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In locomotive, an ash pan, comprising a body having bottom dischargeopenings, the lower ends of said body being downwardly and oppositelyinclined from the longitudinal vertical central plane of the locomotiveand ash pan, discharge doors suspended from the body in position to beswung upwardly and inwardly and in a direction transverse to thelongitudinal axis of the ash pan and seated over the openings, and meansat one end of the ash pan for unseating and moving said doors toward thelongitudinal central plane.

9. In a locomotive, an ash pan, comprising a body having bottomdischarge openings, the lower ends of said body being downwardly andoppositely inclined from the longitudinal vertical central plane of thelocomotive and ash pan, discharge doors closing said openings, linkssuspending said doors from the body in position to be swung upwardly andinwardly and in a. direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of theash pan and seated over the openings, and means at one end of the ashpan for unscating and moving said doors toward the longitudinal centralplane.

In a locomotive, an ash pan, comprising a body having bottom dischargeopenings, the lower ends of said body being downwardly and oppositelyinclined from the longitudinal vertical plane of the locu naledlongitudinally motive and ash pan, discharge doors closing saidopenings, links suspending said doors from the body in position to beswung upwardly and inwardly and in a direction transverse to thelongitudinal axis of the ash pan and seated over the openings, anoperating shaft journaled longitudinally on one side of the body, andlink connections coupling said doors to the operating shaft.

4. In a locomotive, an ash pan, comprising a body having bottomdischarge openings, the lower ends of said body being downwardly andoppositely inclined from the longitudinal vertical central plane of thelocomotive and ash pan, discharge doors closing said openings, linkssuspending said doors from the body in position to be swung upwardly andinwardly and in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of theash pan and seated over the openings, bearings secured to one side ofthe body, an op crating shaft journaled in the bearings, and

link connections coupling the discharge doors to the operating shaft.

5. In a locomotive, an ash pan, comprising a body having a forward and arear pair of hopper sections, each pair having bottom dischargeopenings, the lower ends of said body being downwardly and oppositelyinclined from the longitudinal vertical central plane of the locomotiveand ash pan, discharge doors closing said openings, links suspendingsaid doors from the body in position to be swung upwardly and inwardlyand in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ash panand seated over the openings, operating shafts jouron opposite sides ofthe body, link connections coupling the doors of one pair of hoppersections to one of the operating shafts, and link connections couplingthe doors of the other pair of hopper sections to the other operatingshaft.

JOSEPH B. ENNIS. HERMAN F; BALL. W'itnesses:

C. M. PEREZ, W. T. VVELLER.

